Hey everyone!Super stoked to be going to Burning man this year with one of my closest friends. If anyone wants to meet up with us along the way, We would totally be down for it. Also if anyone has any good idea or tips for us and going to a desert for the first time, that would be OVERLY helpful

Welcome to eplaya! We're glad that you're planning on coming out to the playa! As for tips, you definitely need to read the Survival Guide, located at: http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/ as it has A LOT of good information. There's also a good section called the First Timers Guide that has a lot of other useful information and you can find it at http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/. In addition to that, just read through the forum and I'm sure that the majority of your questions will probably have been answered before. Oh and the search button is your friend.

Hi WildCherry! Feel free to dig around on the board. The more searching you appear to have done, the nicer people tend to be about answering questions. It's hard to give general tips, so here's 2 totally random ones: 1) bring a little backpack so you can wander all day with your goggles, canteen, electrolyte drink, sunblock, snack . . . 2) If it didn't come out of your body, don't put it in the potty. (Unless it's 1-ply toilet paper.)

In June there is a regional event called FreezerBurn. I have driven the 6ish hours or so to attend the last two years. Lots of fun, good introduction to the burner culture without the extreme environment. (I hail from Saskatoon)

As far as the tickets go, Patience GrassHopper - the process this year is new and untried.

Love Rice

Roach: "I feel like in this day and age, every girl should know how to build a flamethrower."

WildCherry, I'll be in Calgary May 25-28 to run the Calgary Marathon. Some of us are getting together to share our experiences and friendships that have come from Burning Man. Would you care to join us? PM me if you'd like.

Welcome Cherry! Also virgins here from tiny Belgium! Super excited to go to BM this year and meeting all these new people!

I hope your VISA gets credited soon. If not don't despair, there's still the open sale coming up. 28th Of March better come quick so we can finally get some piece of mind and start booking our flights! Eek!

In meantime we've been keeping busy reading up on the survival guide (absolute must) and collecting props for our outfits. Maybe you should do the same until that Visa gets credited

We are trying again in march. But I need to say that I am SO frustrated, this whole "lotterie" idea was NOT a good idea at all. Some people that applied for tickets, used 2 different credit cards and bought 4 tickets and got awarded only 2. That is FAR from fair. We used only one credit card, and only wanted 2 tickets, thats all....